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The reign of quantity & the signs of the times
- Title
- The reign of quantity & the signs of the times / René Guénon ; translated by Lord Northbourne.
- Author
- Guénon, René.
- Publication
- Ghent, NY : Sophia Perennis, 2001.
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Details
- Description
- 284 p.; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- Collected works of René Guénon
- Guénon, René. Works. English. 2001.
- Uniform Title
- Règne de la quantité et les signes des temps. English
- Alternative Title
- Règne de la quantité et les signes des temps.
- Reign of quantity and the signs of the times
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Quality & quantity -- Materia signata quantitate -- Measure & manifestation -- Spatial quantity & qualified space -- The qualitative determinations of time -- The principle of individuation -- Uniformity against unity -- Ancient crafts & modern industry -- The twofold significance of anonymity -- The illusion of statistics -- Unity & 'simplicity' -- The hatred of secrecy -- The postulates of rationalism -- Mechanism & materialism -- The illusion of 'ordinary life' -- The degeneration of coinage -- The solidification of the world -- Scientific mythology & popularization -- The limits of history & geography -- From sphere to cube -- Cain & Abel -- The significance of metallurgy -- Time changed into space -- Toward dissolution -- The fissures in the great wall -- Shamanism & sorcery -- Psychic residues -- The successive stages in anti-traditional action -- Deviation & subversion -- The inversion of symbols -- Tradition & traditionalism -- Neo-spiritualism -- Contemporary intuitionism -- The misdeeds of psychoanalysis -- The confusion of the psychic & the spiritual -- Pseudo-initiation -- The deceptiveness of 'prophecies' -- From anti-tradition to counter-tradition -- The great parody: or spirituality inverted -- The end of a world.
- Call Number
- JFE 02-20806
- ISBN
- 0900588675 (pbk : alk. paper)
- 0900588683 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2001001097
- OCLC
- 46353304
- Author
- Guénon, René.
- Title
- The reign of quantity & the signs of the times / René Guénon ; translated by Lord Northbourne.
- Imprint
- Ghent, NY : Sophia Perennis, 2001.
- Edition
- 4th, rev. ed.
- Series
- Collected works of René GuénonGuénon, René. Works. English. 2001.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 02-20806